Naruto: Naruto's Uchiha girlfriend is too arrogant

Chapter 429 Deadline

The air in the sealed room seemed to freeze. Only Nagato's suppressed, desperate voice flowed slowly.

"Xiao Nan".

He struggled to lift his head and look at the woman who had always been by his side, like a family member.

"Forget about all of this afterward."

"I'm sorry... I broke my promise. I can no longer... serve as a bridge to peace for this country."

He remembered Yahiko's smile, and the vows the three of them had made. Everything had vanished like a bubble, shattered by lies and conspiracies.

"Don't think about revenge."

The look in his eyes when he looked at Konan was one that belonged to "Nagato" rather than "Pain," a pleading tenderness.

"Forget Akatsuki, forget the Rinnegan, forget Obito and Zetsu... and forget me too. After that, find a place far from the chaos, and live out the rest of my life safely and peacefully."

"This is my last wish."

"No...no! Nagato!"

Xiao Nan's voice suddenly rose, choked with sobs. "Don't give up...please! There must be a way!"

However, Nagato shook his head. He knew how cruel his decision was. But he also knew that only in this way could he cut off the possibility of Konan being consumed by revenge, and only in this way could he give her a slim chance of survival. He would not listen to her pleas, nor could he.

He turned his gaze back to Naruto, and in those Rinnegan eyes, only a resigned calm remained.

"You were the winner all along." His voice was unusually calm. "Thank you... for telling me the truth. At least... I didn't die as a fool kept in the dark."

"Let's get started."

These eyes are yours now.

He closed his eyes, awaiting final release.

"At least, don't let them fall into Obito's hands."

However, the expected pain or darkness did not come.

"No."

Naruto's voice rang out.

"I will take these eyes, but not in this situation."

Nagato couldn't help but reopen her eyes, her brows furrowed, her eyes filled with confusion. What else did the other party want? Humiliation? More consequences?

"Let's make a deal." Naruto looked directly at him, his tone solemn. "In exchange for these eyes... I'll give you a deadline for the 'peace' you seek."

A transaction? A deadline? Extreme confusion appeared on Nagato's withered face.

"I will revive Yahiko." Naruto stated his first condition.

Nagato and Konan's bodies trembled violently at the same time!

"At the same time," Naruto continued, "I will achieve peace in this world—or rather, maintain the kind of peace I have promised."

He seemed to be organizing his thoughts, articulating a vast and complex concept.

"Humanity may unite temporarily with a common enemy, but the hidden dangers remain. Mutual understanding and ideals are difficult to cover everyone's hearts. Having experienced pain and fearing war, this fear will also fade with time... The peace created by these methods may only last for a hundred years."

"To be honest, I can't think of any perfect 'good idea' either. Human nature is complex, desires are endless, and the root of conflict is difficult to eradicate."

"But," he added, changing the subject, "what if I could... eliminate wars caused by the scarcity of basic resources?"

Nagato and Konan were stunned. Eliminate resource scarcity?

"I can create resources. Through my power, I can provide this world with a near-limitless supply of basic necessities for survival and development from the stars: food, water, energy, basic materials, and land, so that humanity no longer needs to fight each other for these."

"On this foundation of abundant resources and greatly alleviated survival pressures, I will continue to use my absolute power as the ultimate deterrent and maintainer of order. I will perpetuate and deepen the peace ideals that the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, attempted to maintain through the 'Tailed Beast Balance' and the 'One Country, One Village' system."

"And the timeframe for this peace that I have promised and will strive to maintain... is—"

"My lifespan."

life?

"...So, a hundred years?" Nagato asked in a hoarse voice.

"--No."

A resolute female voice interrupted Nagato's thoughts.

Uchiha Satsuki, who had been silently observing, took a half-step forward. Beneath the animal mask, the Mangekyou Sharingan shone. On the crimson background, black patterns resembled frozen gears of time, radiating fluctuations of ocular power.

"I will not let Naruto die in this world."

"I can pause Naruto's time indefinitely."

"This is one of my Mangekyou Sharingan abilities. I can control time... including permanently freezing the time of a specific person at a certain moment. As long as I want, Naruto will not age and... pass away due to lifespan limitations."

Nagato recalled that bizarre scene on the battlefield—Konan's sea of ​​explosive tags, the earth-shattering explosion that should have occurred, simply "disappeared" without a trace, and Konan herself even forgot her trump card...

Manipulating time… So that’s how it is! Is this the power of those eyes? It actually touches upon such a forbidden realm!

Naruto picked up where Satsuki left off, his gaze returning to Nagato, who was still in a state of shock.

"Therefore, I cannot promise you 'forever.' That's too vague and undefined, even by myself."

"But at least I can assure you and Yahiko, and this world ravaged by war—"

"Within a thousand years."

"Barring unforeseen circumstances, this world will continue to live in peace, protected by power and rules, on the foundation of a society where material resources are no longer scarce."

A thousand years... peace...

These two words, when combined, struck Nagato's withered and numb heart like a thunderbolt!

His eyes widened suddenly, and his emaciated body straightened slightly from the extreme impact, as if he were experiencing a final burst of energy before death!

millennium?!

It's ten centuries! A full thousand years, without a world-shaking war, people can thrive in a relatively affluent and safe environment... This far exceeds his boldest fantasies.

Yahiko can be resurrected... Peace can last for a thousand years...

To exchange a pair of eyes already filled with pain, deception, and not even one's own... for such a future...

Nagato's chest heaved violently, as if a drowning person had finally grabbed onto a life-saving piece of driftwood.

He looked at Naruto, at the seriousness in those deep blue eyes, and at the unwavering protectiveness in Uchiha Sasuke's eyes beside him.

A glimmer of hope, and the yearning for Yahiko's resurrection... dispelled his final moments of despair.

"……Um."

He exhaled a heavy, long breath.

"it is good."

"I agree to...this deal."

He looked at Naruto with an extremely solemn expression, "You must do it, revive Yahiko, and maintain the peace you speak of."

"This is our agreement."

He raised his head again, revealing his Rinnegan, which held so much pain and secrets, without reservation.

"So... these eyes..."

"It's yours."

There was no coercion, no resentment, only a voluntary surrender, even with a hint of relief.

And this is exactly the result Naruto wanted—not plunder, but an exchange based on consensus and commitment.

Naruto nodded, then slowly raised his hand, his fingertips shimmering with a soft light, and reached towards Nagato's tightly closed eyelids. He wanted to ensure that the transplant process would place as little burden on Nagato's already damaged body as possible.

however--

Just as Naruto's fingertips were about to touch Nagato's eye!

Don't even think about it!!!

A roar filled with exasperation, rage, and even collapse suddenly exploded in the secret room!

Space distorted violently like ripples on water! A figure appeared directly from the Kamui Space, accompanied by ripples in space, and suddenly appeared beside Nagato.

An orange spiral mask, a red cloud and a black robe.

Uchiha Obito!

As he appeared, one hand fiercely grabbed at Nagato's tightly closed Rinnegan, which was about to be taken away!